See Election Shenanigans In Cook County? Tell Wilmette Patch

WILMETTE, IL — The last day of voting in the high-stakes 2020 presidential and general election is Tuesday. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, record numbers of early and mail-in votes have been cast, with about 100 million people having already voted heading into Election Day.

Because of the surge in absentee balloting in Cook County and elsewhere, the nonprofit investigative news organization ProPublica has launched its Electionland tip lines early this year. Patch has joined the coalition of newsrooms participating in the Electionland project to discover problems that prevent eligible voters from accessing or casting their ballots during or ahead of the Nov. 3 general election.

Patch participated in the Electionland project in the 2016 election, working with ProPublica to bring you information on broken scanners and long lines at the polls in Brooklyn, the extension of voting hours in Durham County, North Carolina, due to technical issues, voting improprieties in Texas, an election day shooting in Azusa, California, and much more.

According to the Cook County Clerk's Office, there will be 22 polling places open in New Trier Township on Election Day, Nov. 3:

• Am Shalom Synagogue, 840 Vernon Ave., Glencoe
• Winnetka Park District Tennis Shack, 530 Hibbard Road, Winnetka
• Winnetka Presbyterian Church, 1225 Willow Road, Winnetka
• Avoca West School, 235 Beech Drive, Glenview
• Winnetka Police Department, 410 Green Bay Road, Winnetka
• Marie Murphy School, 2921 Illinois Road, Wilmette
• New Trier Township High School (East), 385 Winnetka Ave., Winnetka
• Mikaelian Education Center, 615 Locust Road, Wilmette
• Central School, 910 Central Ave., Wilmette
• New Trier Township High School (West), 7 Happ Road, Northfield
• Highcrest School, 569 Hunter Road, Wilmette
• Kenilworth Park District, 410 Kenilworth Ave., Kenilworth
• Mallinckrodt Community Center, 1041A Ridge Road, Wilmette
• St. Joseph Church, 1747 Lake Ave., Wilmette
• Wilmette Junior High School, 620 Locust Road, Wilmette
• Wilmette Village Hall, 1200 Wilmette Ave., Wilmette
• First Presbyterian Church, 600 Ninth St., Wilmette
• Lakeview Center in Gillson Park, 789 Michigan Ave., Wilmette
• Central School, 620 Greenwood Ave., Glencoe
• South School, 266 Linden Ave., Glencoe
• Divine Mercy Parish Center Sacred Heart Church, 1090 Gage St., Winnetka
• Winnetka Community House, 620 Lincoln Ave.

ProPublica wants to hear about any problems that may prevent people from voting — for example, mail ballot delivery problems, voting location changes, long lines, registration problems, purged voter rolls, broken machines and voter intimidation.

Our journalists and those at other newsrooms taking part in the Electionland project will do what we can to document and verify what readers tell us about voting and Election Day experiences. One of the most important parts of the Electionland project is to hear directly from voters. There are several ways to do that:

• SMS: Text the word VOTE, VOTA (for Spanish) or 投票 (for Chinese) to 81380 (standard text message rates apply).
• WhatsApp: Send the word VOTE, VOTA (for Spanish) or 投票 (for Chinese) to 850-909-8683.
• Facebook Messenger: Go to m.me/electionland.
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